Caring people are CAREFUL people!

byAyugen

554 followers

11 years ago

You know when we were in school and assigned those accursed research papers the motive was to do the least for the most credit. So we all learned to plagiarize in clever and not so clever ways. But the idea of really LEARNING the material and then adding maybe a NEW point of view was most likely the LAST thing on most kids' minds, but it probably never occurred to most of us that no one would be interested in a paper that did NOT put forth a new point of view. But if we didn't we were more temped to just gather up what was written already, change the wording around a little and then lay it out as neatly as possible and hope the teacher wouldn't notice the lameness. C'mon admit it you did that too, you wouldn't be normal if you hadn't ever.....

Well no teacher is grading our work here but you'd better believe anyone looking at your writings will know if you lifted it from somewhere and tried to pass it off as your own idea. You won't be cross referencing the ideas very much. It will look more like "filler" than the movement of an integrated idea. It will not be cited properly or it won't be cited at all. You even might as a reader feel manipulated to "be interested" in the thing, rather than be genuinely drawn in.

So now my aim is to find some people who are looking for a telephone coach to help them quit smoking. I need all my articles to point up to one thing, Smoking SUCKS and the next person who quits doing it will be doing themselves and their little world a big favor. I could write lots of posts about the prevalence of smoking and the fact that the incidence of smoking in the world is RISING. But that might be wasted work. Why? First I will be tempted to go on "automatic" and get into this rut where if I SCARE people enough that might motivate them personally. Yeah right! HA!! And while in that rut I may be very tempted to just repeat stuff I see everywhere, ie: that because the worldwide incidence is rising and smoking is really gross than YOU should quit. I don't think "it" works that way though. And it would be way too easy to just mechanically find the frightening facts and cite the source and think I've done something.

Maybe that's not technically plagiarizing.....but I am not working on developing any new idea in so doing, so I won't go there. I think most of us know the facts anyway. We all know smoking is terribly toxic to ourselves and our environment and over the top expensive as well. Would it help if I once again listed the heavy metals we ingest with every draw and what that does to the brains of smokers and their bystanders and fetuses too? Would that make a non-smoker out of YOU or would you quickly turn the page?

And none of us should smoke. So my approach is based on advancing an idea, that of a wholistic view of ourselves and our lives, the idea that when we get our genuine needs met we won't seek out the rush that comes from artificial chemical experiences to make up for something we NEED that we aren't getting. Things like feelings of acceptance or self respect or being more chill with the challenges of the day etc....

I sincerely believe that positive approaches to subjects like this, work the best in getting the message across, with a normal dose of the plain truth.

And I believe my articles on my webpage are designed with that in mind. We can have a beautiful world if we really want it that way, and it takes great will and effort to accomplish that in the times we live in. But If we already think of ourselves as beautiful and in need of furthering the work of sustainability and sanity in our world, we will want to be non smokers too, and non polluters and non-addicts. We will look for powerful reasons and see them in our children and the fragile exquisite web of life around us , and never be part of any destruction, self or otherwise.

So there is nothing lifted about my site. I want you to value beauty the way the poets see it. All my words point to that goal. Click on any link and learn more for yourself. Question anything that isn't clear. Let me know if you see something that you feel is untrue and I will work on it.

And don't forget. I have always been and still continue to be convinced that the personal coach approach...is THE best way to get off smoking. Finally YOU know that ONE other person gets it and really cares, and wants to make a Beautiful Quitter out of you too!